Bed corner-iron.



C. F. STREIT.

BED CORNER IRON.

APPLlCATlON FILED FEB.12, 1915.

1 ,269,977 Patented June 18, 1918.

- cm I. s'rnnrr, or CINCINNATI, OHIO.

BED CORNER-IRON.

Application filed February 12, 1915.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CARL F. STREIT, a citizen of the United States, and residing at Cincinnati, in the county of Hamilton and State of Ohio, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Bed Corner-Irons, of which the following specification is a full disclosure.

My invention relates to an improvement in rail support or corner bracket for bedsteads and in the formation thereof from a single plate or sheet of metal.

The object of my invention is to provide a corner bracket for bedsteads having a supporting flange, side walls and a rail supporting table plate integrally united, the whole as a unit formed from a plate or sheet of metal.

Another object is to provide a blank of substantially rectangular shape and of such specific contour as to be bent into shape to form a corner bracket for bedsteads which is complete without the use of rivets or other fastening means.

Another object is to provide a corner bracket for bedsteads which is formed from a single sheet metal blank and bent into shape to provide a supporting flange, a rail supporting table plate and rail engaging side walls, its design enabling two brackets to be opposingly nested for securing the head and foot frames of a bedstead for exhibition purposes.

Another object is to provide a single sheet metal blank for a corner bracket comprising a supporting flange, an extended side wall connected thereto and a rail supporting table plate connected to the extended side wall, an oppositely disposed side wall and a reinforcing shelf connected thereto, which, when the blank is bent to form, is positioned under and 'su ports the free end of the rail supporting ta le plate.

The features of the invention are more fully set forth in the description of the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which Figure 1 is a perspective view of one corner of a bedstead showing my improved corner bracket. Fig. 2 is a plan view of the blank from which, the bracket is formed.

Fig. 3 is a section on line 33, Fig. 1. Fig.

Specification of Letters Patent. I

Serial No. 7,738.

Patented June 18, 1918.

In this class of bracket it is desirable to. J form the same of as few partsas possible,

right and two left hand brackets formed.

from blanks of the same shape by bending in opposite directions.

Referring to Fig. 1, 1 represents a corner post of a bedstead, 2 a left hand bracket (so termed because of its location on the leftside of the bedstead), 3 the side rail and 4 the cross rail. The supporting flan e 5 is concaved in cross section or longitu inally grooved and is secured toa post by screws 6.

The concaved contour of this fiangeadapts the bracket for use in connection with square or round posts, as indicated b dotted lines in Fig. 5. 7 represents thele t side wall of A the bracket, 8 the right side wall and 9 the horizontal rail supportin table 'plate formed integral with the side Wall 7' and bent at right angles thereto. The right side wall 8 is provided with a vertical right angled extension 10 which terminates at its upper edge with a horizontal tablereinforc ing shelf 11 extending beneath the free end of the table'plate 9.

The vertical flange of the angle cross rail 4. is secured to the vertical side wall extension 10 by a bolt 12 extending through an aperture in said rail flange and an aperture 13 in the wall 10. The horizontal flange of the cross-rail 4 is secured to the rail support- 7 ing table plate 9 and its reinforcing shelf 11 by a bolt 14 extending throu h an aperture in said rail flange and aline apertures 15, 16, in the table plate 9 and shelf 11 respectively. The side or longitudinal rail 3;

of the bedsteadis secured to the table plate 9 and left side wall 7 by a bolt 17 extending through an angularly disposed aperture'in the corner edge of the side rail and through a like aperture in the joining edge of the table plate 9 and wall 7. The bolt 17 cooperates with an angular block 18 which en gages into the inner corner formed by the table plate 9 and side wall 7 and the parts.

held rigidly together by a thumb nut 19;

For display purposes, the head and foot frames are supported in close relationship, without the employment of short auxiliary side rails, by nesting or telescopically uniting the companion brackets.

- As shown in Fig. 5, the bracket 30 of the head frame 31 overlaps the bracket 4C0 of the foot frame 41, it being obvious that the foot frame bracket of the opposite side will overlap the opposite head frame bracket. The bolt 17 extends through the apertures in both brackets and cooperates with the angular blocks and thumb nuts 19 to bind the brackets together.

Referring to, the blank shownin Fig. 2, it will be seen that the blank is stamped from a substantially rectangular plate or sheet of metal. The supporting flange or bracket base 5 is provided with apertures to accommodate the supporting screwsfi. In forming aleft hand bracket, the right side wall 8 is bent forwardly along the dotted line Z), and the extension 10 is bent backwardly along the dotted line cl, and is provided with an aperture 13 to accommodate the bolt 12; The table plate reinforcing shelf 11 extends from the upper edge of the extension 10 and is bent forwardly to a horizontal position along the dotted line 0. An aperture 16 therein accommodates the bolt 1.4:. The left side wall? is bent forwardly along the dotted line a and the table plate 9, connected thereto is bent along the dotted line 0 to horizontal position, the free end of said table plate assuming a position above and adjacent the shelf 11. The free end of the table plate is apertured at 15, said aperture alining with the aperture 16 of the reinforcing shelf 11 to accommodate the bolt 14, In forming a right hand bracket the blank is reversely bent.

A bracket formed from a blank of this character rovides a very rigid structure which is of relatively open formation, free from vermin-attracting corners or recesses and providing free access to all surfaces for proper cleansing. I a

The spacing of the rai'l supporting table from the supporting flange provides a clear space between the cross rail and the foot or head frame for the bed clothing.

The telescoping or nesting of the brackets depends upon the simple right angled formation of the side rail end of the bracket and is a very important feature of my invention, as it eliminates the necessity of using short auxiliary side rails which are used in all present structuresfor display purposes.

The foregoing description is directed to a preferred embodiment of the invention as a rail support or corner bracket for beds, but from a broader aspect the invention may be referred to as an article of manufacture. The forming of a bracket from a plate or sheet ofmetal blanked to the desired outline, produces a reinforced base portion pro vided with relatlvely transverse angle extensions having limbs extending overlappingly in the same plane, webbing the transversely extending limbs of the angle extensions.

The blank, as illustrated, in Fig. 2, has an intermediate portion which is subdivided into three divisions by the dotted lines a, b, which represent the lines of fold or at which the material is bent. The central division represents the base 5 of the bracket, the'two end divisions 7 8, reinforcements when bent at right angles to the central division or in a bracket the base portion is U-shaped in section. Continuous with a portion of each of the end divisions? 8 are extensions which when properly bent provide the knees [of the brackets of angle shaft in cam section. The extensions join with division 7 sub divided into two divisions 9, 9, by the dotted line 0 as the line of bond. The division 9 is bent at right angles to division '9, and division 9 continuous 'in plane with division 7 The extension joining with division 8 is also sub-divided into two divisions l0 and 11, by the dotted line 0 or line of'bend. Division 10 in forming the bracket is bent along thedotted line d at right angles to division 8, in an outward direction away from the axis of the base, which extend the same at right angles to the division 9, and the division 11 is bent along line 0 in a direction forwardly from thebase, which presents the same in a plane parallel with the division 9 whereby the two, 9 and 11, overlap each other and are adapted to be secured together to provide a web connection for the divisions 9' and 10, which extend from the base in relative transverse directions, and each respectively provides a supportfor connecting the longitudinal and cross rails of a bed.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States:

l. A pair of bedstead sections, each having secured thereto a bracket formed from a single sheet metal blank and comprising a supporting flange, a longitudinal rail supporting extension and a transverse rail supporting extension, the longitudinal extensions being intermeshingly engaged and secured together to form a rigid unit. I

2. A corner bracket for bedsteads formed from a single sheet metal blank, and comprising a supporting flange, side walls extending therefrom, a rail supporting table plate extending horizontally from one side wall and forming therewith a right angled side rail support, a vertical extension connected to the opposite side Wall and a hori zontal reinforcing shelf connected to said opposite side wall extension and extending beneath the free end of the table plate, said extension and free end of the table plate forming a right angled cross rail support.

3. A bracket as an article of manufacture formed from an integral blank providing a single supporting flange with opposite laterally extended side walls each terminating with rail supporting extensions relatively transverse to one another and providing parallel horizontal limbs overlappingly secured together as a web for said extensions.

4. A bracket as an article of manufacture formed of an integral blank, providing a supporting flange portion with oppositely disposed rail supporting extensions having overlapping horizontal limbs.

5. A bed corner bracket integrally formed from a sheet metal blank, having a base portion of channel iron formation two parallel walls, one of said walls having an angle iron extension as a bed rail support, and the other wall having an extencoples et this potent any be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the providing 6. A bed corner bracket formed from an integral blank comprising a supporting flan e, two opposite parallel walls at right ang es to said supporting flange, one of said walls having a'rail supporting angle extension projecting at right angles to the wall, and the secondwall providing an angle rail supporting extension having a flange extending toward and connecting with said firstnamed rail supporting extension.

In witness whereof I hereunto subscribe my name, as attested by the two subscribing witnesses.

CARL F. STREIT.

Witnesses:

C. B. Fos'rnn, L. A. Bnox.

"Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. 0." i 

